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Google’s Pixel Watch delivers nice hardware, but fails to answer the ‘why’ • TechCrunch

Google’s Pixel Watch delivers nice hardware, but fails to answer the ‘why’ • TechCrunch

It took some evasive maneuvering to get us here — the building out of a small-scale hardware ecosystem, coupled with a couple big-ticket acquisitions and a partnership with one of its largest potential competitors. But suddenly, Google emerging as competitive in the smartwatch space doesn’t seem an altogether outlandish proposition. One can make a compelling argument that the software giant learned some hard lessons from past smartwatch and earbud struggles. Entering an already… Source link

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The Google Watch Is Here. But You’d Better Love Android.

The Google Watch Is Here. But You’d Better Love Android.

It’s 2022, and Google finally has a response to the Apple Watch. It’s the Pixel Watch, which is essentially a Fitbit designed to work only with Android phones and seemingly a direct counterattack to Apple’s wearable that works only with iPhones. The only losers in the ongoing feud between Apple and Google, however, are us. Nearly a decade ago, Fitbit was a widely adored brand that made fitness-tracking bracelets and tiny pedometers for counting steps. One of its selling points was that… Source link

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Google first Pixel Watch with Fitbit review: Too little, too late

Google first Pixel Watch with Fitbit review: Too little, too late

Google Pixel Watch. Sofia Pitt Three years after acquiring Fitbit, Alphabet is selling its first Google-branded watch with the fitness-tracking technology. It’s called Pixel Watch, and consumers can find it on store shelves starting Thursday. I’ve been testing Google’s new Pixel products for the past several days. In addition to the Pixel Watch, there are the new phones, the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, which go on sale at the same time. Most of the Pixel 7 phone upgrades are minor when compared with the… Source link

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Watch out for this sneaky earnings killer, Morgan Stanley warns

Watch out for this sneaky earnings killer, Morgan Stanley warns

An economic slowdown that triggered a tsunami of unsold inventory at various companies may have proved lethal for corporate America’s third-quarter earnings and, soon, forward guidance. At least, that’s what the strategy team at Morgan Stanley warned in a new note out on Monday. “Our U.S. Equity Strategy team sees inventory as a key risk to earnings — oversupply and lagging demand are likely to weigh on margins,” the note stated. “The problem with inventory is twofold — supply chain… Source link

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Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

A blue, 27 minutes agoHow iPhones lack innovation? Because they didn’t change design every year as chinese do?Nothing to do with design, every apple features were stolen from android, which apple fans users said our features were gimmicks, and now you can’t live without them. A blue, 25 minutes agoUnder display camera is nothing new, and its performance is poor. No innovation for ZTE. A be… moreHello iBlue, Where’s your iMate trix?

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Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

In typical Google fashion, leaks of Google’s next-generation hardware were aplenty, only this time Google didn’t wait to reveal its fall lineup – instead teasing early renders during Google I/O in May. The Pixel event wrapped Thursday morning, but there were no surprises left to announce if you were following leaks in past few weeks. We have a new Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and we got a glimpse of Google’s upcoming Pixel Tablet. The launch event took place live… Source link

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Let’s take a closer look at Google’s Pixel Watch • TechCrunch

Let’s take a closer look at Google’s Pixel Watch • TechCrunch

The standard disclaimer here: look for a full review in the not-too-distant future. But now, let’s get a better look at the Pixel Watch in real life, through some quick photos and a hands-on squeezed in the press scrum at the Williamsburg Google Store, following today’s event. Image Credits: Brian Heater I had a few early thoughts about the device, having spent a small bit of time with it before today’s big Made By Google event. As I mentioned in the early news post, there are two… Source link

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